applications of advanced polymeric nanocomposites /
Mohsen Shahinpoor, Kwang J. Kim, Mehran Mojarrad
New York :
Taylor & Francis,
c2007
443 p. :
ill. ;
25 cm. +
1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-420) and indexes
Introduction to ionic polymers, ionic gels and artificial muscles -- Ionic polymer-metal nanocomposites (IPMNC's) : fundamentals -- Ionic polymer-metal nanocomposites : manufacturing techniques -- Ionic polyacrylonitrile chemoelectromechanical artificial muscles/nanomuscles -- PAMPS gel artificial muscles -- Modeling and simulation of IPMNCs as distributed biomimetic nanosensors, nanoactuators, nanotransducers, and artificial muscles -- Sensing, transduction, feedback control, and robotic applications of polymeric artificial muscles -- Conductive or conjugated polymers as artificial muscles -- Engineering, industrial, and medical applications of polymer-metal nanocomposites -- Epilogue and conclusions -- Appendix A : Anatomy and physiology of human muscle -- Appendix B : Muscle mechanics
0
Accompanying CD-ROM contains color images, movie files of electroactive polymeric artificial muscle systems in action, and a presentation of the state-of-the-art research in the field
System requirements for CD-ROM: IBM PC or compatible; Windows